It was ROARING LION: 4500 on that ex: 1 & 3 PARA, 2 PWRR, 7GR and a US AB unit from Aviano doing a strat insert - plus all CS and CSS from the Brigade. (2 PARA were the Belfast residential at the time).

5 Airborne Brigade say 'hold my beer'...

New high jump record when a spider masquerading as ‘Scott of the Antarctic’, complete with balaclava, was inadvertently crawling inside the sleeve of the better half!

"The objective test of whether there is to be peace or war will be whether the borderland between Russia & the Atlantic states is settled by consent or by pressure,dictation and diplomatic violence" Looks like lot of pressure/dictation Shield of the Republic 1943 - Walt Lippman

One of my fav Falklands phots fm 7 years ago today - discussing the Argentinan invasion at Yorke Bay from a stand at Gypsy Cove. 5 mins later the weather was beautiful!

Well, Tolstoy did tell us that the 2 greatest warriors are ‘time’ and ‘patience’. 198,000th in the queue for Bayeux Tapestry tickets…

“There are decades when nothing happens, and there are weeks when decades happen” Attributed to Lenin, but may as well in geo-political terms have been Trump…l

One of the most powerful post-WW2 speeches was by Ronald Reagan delivered at the Ranger memorial at Pointe du Hoc on 6 June 1984. A values led America

Well, the Sanctioning Russia Act 2026 never got out of the blocks.

My favourite leadership quote is “the capacity & will to rally men & women to a common purpose, and the character that inspires confidence” (Montgomery). No contest.

I want a just and better peace for Ukraine. I think it’s clear what Trump wants. We used to talk of 3 planning interrogatives: - what have we got to do. - how are we going to do it. - how will it be commanded and controlled. The third looks musky dodgy today.

Without history there is no legacy, without a legacy there is no history. Heroes of the Merville Battery on D Day. One WW2 vet still alive aged 102 (too frail to attend).

The Dec 25 US National Security Strategy stated “the US was committed to UKR’s survival as a viable state, but prioritised improving relations with Moscow as ending the war is a core US interest to re-establish strategic stability with Russia” Farewell Sanctioning Russia act?